Starting from the PNG Open in August, 10 tournaments will be contested through to the end of the year, highlighted by the two Australian championships co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour.
One was close to quitting while the other never stops playing and now Matthew Griffin and Scott Hend are co-leaders after day one of the 103rd New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sports.
Ask those who have spent the summer finishing second to Kazuma Kobori on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and you invariably get the same response: